r/BeAmazed • u/mikeyv683 • Jan 22 '25

History Identical triplet brothers, who were separated and adopted at birth, only learned of each other’s existence when 2 of the brothers met while attending the same college

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u/t0adthecat Jan 23 '25

This was a horrible story, they tested on these 3 babies and adopted them out to specific homes to test if they would still have alot of similarities without a father in the house, a good father, and a more abusive father. They didn't offer or tell the parents at all during this process, when they all did meet each other, the family who was together went to the adoption agency and kinda grilled them saying they would have never split them up.

The father ended up leaving a coat or something and went back to the office, and they were celebrating with champagne, which led to more investigation, and that's when they found all this stuff out. The main study is sealed until a certain date. It's horrible to think these 3 endured this.

They smoked the same cigarettes, enjoyed wrestling, etc. Went into business together at a restaurant. One was fighting depression and ended up killing himself. It was sad. Mrballen has a story about it that was pretty good, but I've looked into it a few different sources.

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u/jibzy Jan 24 '25

That’s not accurate. The study aimed to explore the impact of nature versus nurture by placing the genetically identical siblings into families with varying socioeconomic backgrounds—one wealthy, one middle-class, and one working-class—not based on the presence or quality of a father figure.

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u/t0adthecat Jan 24 '25

So, exactly. You worded what I said with more of a broad approach, but yea, those families were picked for the environment of their homes, income, parents, etc. And it is sick that it was done period. Because the parents would have adopted all 3 had they known but it was I intentional, and an experiment, study is a nice word for it.